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I am currently conducting an online research project aimed at investigating how certain properties of native language orthography influence the ways individuals spell in English as a second language (ESL). More specifically, I am interested in native speakers of Danish, Italian and Russian who currently live in Denmark, Italy and Russia and have intermediate to advanced ESL proficiency. In particular, I am interested in testing *undergraduate and graduate students* of various specializations.

I would like to invite everyone who qualifies to participate and also kindly ask the readers to forward this information to qualified students who might be interested in participating. Please find a brief description of the study below:

- This is an online study that can be completed from any computer with high-speed internet. - The study consists of 5 spelling tasks and a quick survey and takes about 35 minutes. - Every 15th participant wins a prize: a yearly subscription to an educational English language magazine (e.g. National Geographic) - The study website is: http://languagetest.dyndns.org/ad.htm

Should you need additional information about the project, please feel free to contact me at nld26cornell.edu.

Thank you for your help!

Nadya Dich PhD candidate Deptartment of Human Development Cornell University